Display-rack.



PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

A. O. WOOD.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR 13.1905.

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ASA C. WOOD, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

DISPLAY-RACK.

/ Specification. 01 Letters Patent.

Patented April 17,1906.

Application filed April 13, 1905- Serialllo. 255,339.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Asa O. WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVaterloo, in the county of Blackhawk andState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in display-racks, and pertains more particularly to that class used in exhibiting hats, bonnets, and the like.

The object of my invention is to provide a stand or rack of this character in which hats of different sizes may be firmly clampedor held upon the upper end thereof and in which said rack may be adjusted at any angle to eXhibit the hat in any position desired, so as to advantageously showthe same for windowdisplay.

Another object of my invention is to provide a more simple, effective, and durable de vice of this character, in which I do away with the necessity of locking or unlocking the device each time that a slight adjustment is required.

In the accompanying a perspective view of my improved rack. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1, showing the means by which the hat-supporting member is'adjustably supported and showing in dotted lines the hat-supporting ribs thrown downward in a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged. perspective view of the hat-holding arms spread outward to their full extent. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower end of the telescoping tubes, showing the frictional means for holding them in their adjusted position.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents a base, which may be made of any desired form and which is provided with an upwardly-extending standard B, which is in the form of a tube and has its lower end rigidly secured within the base. Thesaid standard or tube B has vertically movable therein the tube 0, which has its lower end provided with a frictional device, which is adapted to hold the tube in its adjusted position, as will be hereinafter more fully described. The upper end 0 of the tube C is drawn inward around the ball D, carried by the lower end of the rod E, and allows drawings, Figure 1 is the said rod to have auniversal connection with said tube for allowing the same to be adjusted to the proper position to best exhibit the hat carried by the upper end the rod E, as

of the said rod, as hereinafter more fully described. The upper end of said rod E has secured thereto a sleeve F, which is provided with a number of radially-extending arms F, which have their outer ends bifurcated and in which are pivotally mounted the radiallyextending hat-supporting ribs G, which have at their outer ends the ball-like members 9, which form smooth engaging surfaces to pre vent injuring the hat. While I have shown but four of these arms, it will. be understood that any desired number might be used, as the number forms no part of my invention, as the operation would be precisely the same. Loosely mounted upon said rod E below the sleeve F is a vertically-movable sleeve H, which is provided with radially-extending arms H,which are the same in number as the arms F, carried by the sleeve F, and are of .a length greater than'said arms F. The outer ends of the arms H are also bifurcated and in which are pivotally secured by pivots h the brace-rods I, which have their upper ends ivotally connected to the arms G at i, and it will be seen that by the vertical movement ,of the'sleeve H on the rod E the arms G .are thrown inwardly or outwardly. The ribs G, carrying the balls g at their upper .ends, cannot be thrown inwardly beyond a point directlyabove the rod E, as the balls 9 ,allcome together, and thus the pivotal connections i of the ribs G cannot be thrown inward past a line running from the pivotal connection h through the pivotal connection of the ribs G with the .arms F, and thus the sleeve H may at all times be moved downward upon the rod E for throwing the ribs G outward.

Pivotally connected to one of the arms F is a bar J, which has its inner edge provided with downwardly-extending teeth j, which are adapted to engage a pin K, carried by one of the radial arms H, and thus the sleeve H is prevented from moving upward upon the pressure of the hat has a tendency to force the arms inward, and thus draw the .sleeve H upward. By this structureit will be seen that the hat is vheldinits clamped position upon the support.

The lower tube C, as before described, is vertically adjustable within the outer .tube B, andthe lower end of said tube is crimped around a nut L, and by means of whichthe nut is firmly held by the tube against rotation. The said nut is provided with the usual screw-threaded opening therein. Restlng against the lower crimped end of the tube C is a washer M, which forms a smooth bearing-surface for the packing N, which is adapted to expand against the inside of the tube B and frictionally hold the tube C in its adjusted position therein. Resting against said packing N is another washer O, which serves as a means for more fully expanding the pack ing N. Passing through said washers, packing, and the opening in the nut L is a screwbolt P,which carries a nutQrotatably mounted thereon, and by tightening said nut Q it will be seen that the packing N will be expanded between the washers M and O and will frictionally engage the inside of the tube B and hold the tube C, carrying the same, in its adjusted position. The screw-bolt not only serves the function by means of which the washer is expanded, but it also serves as a means for causing a frictional engagement of the rubber-socket bearing R with the ball D for holding the rod E, carrying the ball, in its adjusted position, whether vertical or oblique. This is accomplished by having a rubber-socket bearing R against the same, and

this socket carries a downwardly-extending rod S, which has its lower end concaved at s, and in said concaved portion rests the upper rounded end of the bolt P. By screwing said bolt P upward it will be seen that the rod S is forced upward, and the rubber socket R frictionally engages the bolt D and holds it in its adjusted position. By this structure it will not be necessary to adjust the screwbolt P each time to allow the rod E to be ad justed at the proper angle, as the elasticity of the rubber socket R will be such as to allow the same to be moved, but the friction being suflicient to overcome the weight of the hat and hold the rod E, carrying the hat, in its normal position. Secured to one of the arms H is a chain T, by means of which the sleeve H is drawn downward for spreading the ribs G and more tightly clamping the hat thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A display-rack, comprising a standard, upwardly-extending pivoted members carried by said standard, hat-supporting means carried by the upper ends of said members, a sleeve vertically movable on said standard, links connecting said sleeve and the upwardly-extending members, and a pivoted member carried by the standard and adapted to engage the vertically-movable sleeve for holding the same.

2. A display-rack, comprising a standard, an upwardly extending member pivotally carried by the standard, upwardly-extending ribs pivotally carried by the upper end of said member, a sleeve vertically movable upon said member, links pivotally connected to the sleeve and having their upper ends pivotally connected to the ribs, a pivoted catch carried by the member and adapted to engage the sleeve and hold it in its adjusted position, whereby the sleeve is vertically adjustable.

3. A display-rack, comprising a standard, upwardly-extending ribs pivotally carried by the standard, a sleeve loosely mounted upon said standard, links connecting said sleeve and ribs, and a tooth bar carried by the standard for preventing the sleeve from be ing drawn upward upon the standard.

4. A display-rack, comprising a standard, upwardly-extending ribs pivotally carried by the standard, a sleeve vertically adjustable on the standard, links connecting said sleeve and the ribs, a tooth-bar pivoted to the upper end of the standard, and engaging a pin carried by the vertically-movable sleeve, and preventing the upward movement of the sleeve caused by the hat through the links.

5. A display-rack, comprising a standard, upwardly-extending ribs pivotally carried by the standard, a sleeve loosely mounted upon said standard, links connecting the sleeve and ribs, and a tooth-bar pivotally carried by the standard and engaging the sleeve and preventing the same from being drawn upward upon the standard.

6. A display-rack, comprising a base, an upwardly-extending tube carried by the base, a tube vertically movable within the tube carried by the base, a hat-supporting member having its lower end provided with a ball within the upper end of the vertically-movable tube, a rod passing upward through the tube, a rubber block carried by the rod for engaging the ball carried by the hat-supporting member, a washer carried by the lower end of the vertically-adjustable tube, and a screw passing through said washer and adapted to expand the washer against the inside of the stationary tube and hold the vertically-movable tube in its adjusted position, and said screw adapted to engage the rod within the vertical tube and hold the rubber block in engagement with the ball.

7. A display-rack, comprising a base, an upwardly-extending tube carried by the base, a tube vertically movable within the tube carried by the base, a hat-supporting member having its lower end provlded with a ball within the upper end of the vertically-mow able tube, upwardly-extending members pivotally carried by the hatsupporting member, a sleeve loosely mounted, upon said standard, links connected to the sleeve and ribs, a tooth-bar pivotally carried by the standard and engaging the sleeve and preventing the same from being drawn upward upon the standard, a rod passing upward through the vertically-movable tube, a rubber block carried by the rod for engaging the ball carried by the hat-supporting member, a washer carried by the lower end of said vertically-movable tube, and a screw passing through said Washer and adapted to expand the Washer against the inside of the upwardly-extending tube and hold the vertically-movable tube in its adjusted position, said screw adapted to engage the rod Within the vertically-movable tube and hold the rubber block in engagement With the ball.

8. A display-rack, comprising a standard, upwardly-extending pivoted members carried by said standard, hat-supporting means carried by the upper ends of said members, a sleeve vertically adjustable on said standard,

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links connecting said sleeve and the upwardly-extending members, and a pivoted member carried by the standard and having teeth on its lower face to engage the sleeve and hold it in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ASA C. 00D.

WVitnesses:

. D. W. BOREE,

B. L. l\lORRO'\V. 

